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29th November 1781: Over 132 slaves thrown from the ‘Zong’ ship
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:49
Publish Date: 2017-11-28 21:05:25
Description: On the 29th November 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw the first of at least 132 African slaves overboard in a massacre intended to allow them to cash in their insurance policy. When the insurers refused to pay, the ensuing court cases found that the killing of slaves was legal in some cases. At the time the massacre and the subsequent legal rulers had little impact, but within just a few years it became a central example of the horrors of the Middle Passage and stimulated the abolitionist movement that expanded in the years following. The Zong ...
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